East Texas Sheriff Offers His View on Arming Teachers

MARSHALL — An East Texas sheriff says he could support gun-carrying teachers — under certain guidelines. Teachers and administrators carrying firearms in Texas schools is being hotly debated statewide. In rural Harrison County, Sheriff Tom McCool says he’d support teachers carrying firearms if they received advanced firearm training “equal to any law enforcement officer, if not even more so.” McCool says friendly fire is not acceptable in a school.